Yenima Arencibia

Yenima Arencibia
Personal information
Full nameYenima Arencibia Barrizonte
Nationality Cuba
Born (1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 (age 40)
San Luis, Pinar del Río
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cuba
CAC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Cali 100 m hurdles
Updated on 25 June 2013

Yenima Arencibia Barrisontes (or Yenima Arencibia Barrizonte; born December 25, 1984, in San Luis, Pinar del Río) is a female Cuban sprint hurdler.[1][2]

Career

Arencibia represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 100 m hurdles, along with her teammate Anay Tejeda. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia, with her personal best time of 12.95 seconds.[3] She is also the aunt of decathlete Yordanis García, a two-time Olympian and Pan American Games medalist.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arencibia ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Australia's Sally Pearson, who later won a silver medal in the final. She finished the heat in sixth place by six tenths of a second (0.60) behind Pearson, outside her personal best of 13.43 seconds. Arencibia, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-second overall, and ranked below two mandatory slots for the next round.[4]

Personal bests

Outdoor
Event Points Venue Date
100 metres 11.80 Alcalá de Henares, Spain July 7, 2007
100 metres hurdles 12.95 Cali, Colombia July 5, 2008
Indoor
Event Points Venue Date
60 metres hurdles 8.09 Valencia, Spain February 10, 2007
60 metres hurdles 8.09 Chemnitz, Germany February 23, 2007
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 1st 100 m hurdles 13.29 s (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 4th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.60 s (wind: +1.7 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 45.07 s
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4th 100 m hurdles 13.35 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 10th (h) 100 m hurdles 14.25 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.34 min
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.32 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.46 s
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 8th 100 m hurdles 13.33 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.95 s A (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Olympic Games Beijing, China 32nd (h) 100 m hurdles 13.43 s (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2009 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.10 s w (wind: +3.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 5th 100 m hurdles 13.23 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2011 ALBA Games Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st 100 m hurdles 13.36 s (wind: +0.8 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.33 s
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 6th 100 m hurdles 13.22 s (wind: +0.2 m/s)

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yenima Arencibia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. ^ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2016, retrieved June 24, 2013
  3. ^ Nicholas, Stephon (7 July 2008). "Relay teams strike gold". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 3". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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